Definition of Figurative
not accurate in meaning, as a form of speech
Examples of Figurative in a sentence
If you use figurative language, you are not speaking literally but rather in a manner meant to produce a reaction. 🔊
Personification is a type of figurative language that gives human traits to nonliving objects. 🔊
When John talks in a figurative way and says he’s hungry enough to eat a horse, he is simply exaggerating his craving. 🔊
The figurative phrase “raining cats and dogs” describes a huge downpour and not an actual cascade of animals. 🔊
Because the little boy did not understand figurative speech, he truly believed he could knock his mother out with a feather. 🔊
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